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abookreader · 01-02-2011, 04:01 PM

Well first let me state that Amazon has a return policy until January 31st for Holiday shopping Kindles. You might consider that.

As for getting library books onto the Kindle, it can be done but you need to accept that this will require removing the DRM. If you are okay with that, we can help you blatently right up until the point where we start working with DRM, then we need to send you to Private Messages and Apprentice Alf's blog. Once it is set-up correctly, it is very simple. Setting it up can take some fiddling though.

But to get started...

1. Download and install Adobe Digital Editions on a computer and register an account. You are going to need to do this anyway even if you exchange the Kindle for a different eReader such as a nook.

http://www.adobe.com/products/digitaleditions/

2. Download and install Calibre.

http://calibre-ebook.com/download

3. Go ahead and practice checking out a book and downloading it into Adobe Digital Editions. At this point you should be able to read the book on your computer.

When you can do that, feel free to post here or send me a Private Message. It would also help if you'd tell us if you are PC or Mac.

01-02-2011, 04:01 PM	#8
abookreader Wizard Posts: 1,516 Karma: 2567610 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Kindles - Keyboard, Fire, 2-US, iPhone, iPAD	Well first let me state that Amazon has a return policy until January 31st for Holiday shopping Kindles. You might consider that. As for getting library books onto the Kindle, it can be done but you need to accept that this will require removing the DRM. If you are okay with that, we can help you blatently right up until the point where we start working with DRM, then we need to send you to Private Messages and Apprentice Alf's blog. Once it is set-up correctly, it is very simple. Setting it up can take some fiddling though. But to get started... 1. Download and install Adobe Digital Editions on a computer and register an account. You are going to need to do this anyway even if you exchange the Kindle for a different eReader such as a nook. http://www.adobe.com/products/digitaleditions/ 2. Download and install Calibre. http://calibre-ebook.com/download 3. Go ahead and practice checking out a book and downloading it into Adobe Digital Editions. At this point you should be able to read the book on your computer. When you can do that, feel free to post here or send me a Private Message. It would also help if you'd tell us if you are PC or Mac.